School: Sriantaigh (roll number 8015)
- Location:
- Na Srianta, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodha Bhuí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0934, Page 220
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- (continued from previous page)The fire was placed at the gable wall. I have only heard of it been placed at the gable wall at the end of the house on the centre wall.The chimneys were made of stones and morther and wood which was called a brace. Some of the houses had no chimneys of stones or bricks, but there was an old barrel placed on top of the house to let away the smoke, which they used as a chimney.The houses long ago had no windows but they had square holes in the wall with shutters on them. Sometimes the people had no time to make shutters but they filled the holes with hay or straw.The old floors that were long ago, were made of clay and stones. There were no cement floors or boarded floors that time. The people did not hear of it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Connon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aimhréidh, Co. Mhuineacháin
